Holding This Light Out (Version 2)

Verse

Four AM in the diner lot

A parking light on a Ford from '68

You're counting change in the cup holder

I'm watching how your eyes stay gold

The neon hums behind the blinds down low

We trade our stories like we used to own this town

And for a second, I think it's still mine

Pre-Chorus

Now you say that home is where you are tonight

I don't know if you believe what you just said

But your hand is holding onto my wrist like light

Is that something or nothing left

Chorus

So hold this out and shine it on me

Hold this out like we used to be

Shine it straight into the darkest part of town

Hold this out until morning comes around

Let the whole sky turn up from silver to gold

Just hold this light and never let it fold

Is this where you are?

Verse

You say your grandma taught you how to make a wish

When the sun went down behind the kitchen blinds

I tell her I'm still learning but you're doing fine

For someone who says they don't believe in signs

The headlights on that old car keep flickering out

Like every promise we ever made was just half-true

Pre-Chorus

Now you say that home is where you are tonight

I don't know if you believe what you just said

But your hand is holding onto my wrist like light

Is that something or nothing left

Chorus

So hold this out and shine it on me

Hold this out like we used to be

Shine it straight into the darkest part of town

Hold this out until morning comes around

Let the whole sky turn up from silver to gold

Just hold this light and never let it fold

Is this where you are?

Bridge

Maybe home isn't a place at all

It's just what your heart stays on when everything falls apart

And maybe that's why I'm still holding onto the past

Because somewhere deep down, it's never truly gone

Chorus

So hold this out and shine it on me

Hold this out like we used to be

Shine it straight into the darkest part of town

Hold this out until morning comes around

Let the whole sky turn up from silver to gold

Just hold this light and never let it fold

Is this where you are?